What is Autocomplete in SEO?

Autocomplete (or “autosuggest”) refers to the search suggestions that appear as you type a query into the search box (shown above).

According to Google, these suggested searches are “a reflection of the search activity of users and the content of web pages.” This is a bit vague, but it would be reasonable to assume that if searchers are frequently searching for a term, or if a term is frequently appearing on the web, then that term is more likely to appear in autosuggest.
 
Autocomplete (or “autosuggest”) refers to the search suggestions that appear as you type a query into the search box (shown above).

According to Google, these suggested searches are “a reflection of the search activity of users and the content of web pages.” This is a bit vague, but it would be reasonable to assume that if searchers are frequently searching for a term, or if a term is frequently appearing on the web, then that term is more likely to appear in autosuggest.

The search engines have been opaque as to whether clicks on autocomplete terms also factor into their algorithm. Since these clicks initiate a web search, I think there’s sufficient reason to believe they do influence autocomplete suggestions — and if that’s the case, then having terms appear in autocomplete becomes something of a self-perpetuating cycle.
 
Google Suggest is the name of Google's auto-complete function. If a user enters a letter or a word in Google's search field, they are automatically shown associated terms in a dropdown menu. These suggestions are generated based on the most frequently searched terms.
 
If a user enters a word in Google's search box, and are automatically shown associated terms in a dropdown menu. These suggestions are generated based on the most frequently searched terms. Basically AutoSuggest or Google suggest is the name of Google's auto-complete function.
 
"Autocomplete" is a feature in which an application predicts the rest of a word a user is typing. Google Suggest or Autocomplete is a Google search engine function which provides suggestions to users to complete the search query while they are entering words in the search box.
 
Autocomplete (or “autosuggest”) refers to the search suggestions that appear as you type a query into the search box.
 
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